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One visual explainer a week that makes a piece of engineering click. How It's Made for software, hardware and the agentic era.

1. 01. How a `git push` reaches production

   How it's built · Nov 2, 2026 · not started

2. 02. How an LLM generates one token

   How it's built · Nov 9, 2026 · not started

3. 03. How DNS finds a website

   How it's built · Nov 16, 2026 · not started

4. 04. How a chip is made, wafer to package

   How it's made · Nov 23, 2026 · not started

5. 05. How a CDN serves you from nearby

   How it's built · Nov 30, 2026 · not started

6. 06. How an AI coding agent edits your repo

   Agentic engineering · Dec 7, 2026 · not started

7. 07. How a payment moves a dollar

   How it's built · Dec 14, 2026 · not started

8. 08. How a reusable rocket engine is tested

   How it's made · Dec 21, 2026 · not started

9. 09. How one CrowdStrike update took down 8.5M PCs

   Why it broke · Dec 28, 2026 · not started

10. 10. How a database index finds one row

    How it's built · Jan 4, 2027 · not started

11. 11. How a humanoid robot keeps its balance

    How it's made · Jan 11, 2027 · not started

12. 12. How Wi-Fi turns data into radio waves

    How it's built · Jan 18, 2027 · not started